Monstrous 'Moth Man' Terrifies West Virginia Town | Ancient Aliens

A young couple encounters a large winged creature that soon ignites terror in a small town, see more in this clip from Season 1, "Aliens and Strange Creatures."

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[AFloridaSon]

Sometimes the stories of the men in black, can be more scary than the myths and monsters themselves.

[thesmilingdog]

People in the car: OMG what is that we're all gonna die 😭

Mothman: *singing to him self* west Virginia take me home, to the places I belong.

[obersturmfuhrer]

I saw him in my front yard and he dropped a card. After he flew away I went out and picked up the card and it wanted to know about my car's extended warranty.

[sherrylynn]

Live in WV and have been to point pleasant and seen the museum, it’s amazing ❤

[aewon]

I’m surprised they didn’t mention how the mothman predicted the collapsing of that towns main bridge, and then stopped appearing. I’m personally more of the believe he’s like the grim reaper, he appears when things are about to happen

[cyankirkpatrick]

In 1922 in Germany a winged creature was seen out a coal mine and scared off the miner's and later an explosion happened inside the mine and the miner's we're saved

[cyankirkpatrick]

This being has been seen around the world and at different times throughout history.

[punkrock]

Funny how the sightings all started after the first sighting.

[virgilbarrett]

I live in West Virginia and have never been there I definitely need to visit this town

[lisa-mdiz]

That is absolutely terrifying not much causes my heart to pound with that feeling of fright. How would you move on from that. I don't think I can even unsee it just being on YouTube.

[boonp.]

His name is Arthur, and he's the sidekick of The Tick.

[timlois]

I was at the Moth Man Museum in Point Pleasant, WV today. So I'm watching videos trying to catch up on the lore. Never read the book or watched the movie, but it was a really good time. Autumn leaves were perfect, right before Halloween, beautiful blue skies. It was super fun, I highly recommend. Only $5 to tour the museum. It really is a beautiful part of the country.

[tonybarde]

The first Mothman sighting:

On the night of April 15, 1746, a creature described as a large black bird with red eyes flying above the moors of 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. These sightings occurred the night before the Battle of Culloden, which led to the defeat of the Jacobite rebels.

[fourleafclover]

I had no idea this moth man story was so old 😂🎉

[aguyonyoutube]

I live in Point Pleasant, it’s not this deep. Nobody cares about it anymore but the tourists and I find it annoying.

[Moodboard]

They were smoking something real good 👍

[roguemaximmus]

Which episode is this from pls?

In the description it says season 1, but I can't find it in any of those 5 episodes. Thanks.

[VNV]

I AM GLAD I WAS IN A SAFE PLACE IN 1966... WE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN VIETNAM.

[fizzgtag]

I does not terrify me and i live really close to Point Plesant

[buzz]

They should do a series on meth addiction in West virginia, then peeps would clearly understand the Mothman sightings lol